That was nearly 200 years ago, Guy, and it mentions "a small fee". It says nothing about anyone searching the registers themselves.
If I were wanting to prove my own pedigree for some sort of gain, I'd happily stump up the cost of a few certs, always supposing I didn't already have those which are rightfully mine.
It would be lovely if it were all free but of course nothing is free and just as I don't expect to pay a share of someone else's golf club membership, I don't expect them to subsidise my family history research.
OC
If I were wanting to prove my own pedigree for some sort of gain, I'd happily stump up the cost of a few certs, always supposing I didn't already have those which are rightfully mine.
It would be lovely if it were all free but of course nothing is free and just as I don't expect to pay a share of someone else's golf club membership, I don't expect them to subsidise my family history research.
OC
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